
Benedikta Unter Ecker
Of spaghetti, soccer & Top Gun
I was reading an old blog from Seth Godin about “sprezzatura” and thought the concept related well to aviation. I will explain why in a second, but first let me tell you how to pronounce this Italian word which rolls in your mouth with the same musicality as spaghetti, or espresso. It sounds like th...

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What pilots are made of
Do you believe our destiny is written in the stars? I don’t mean it astrologically, but rather in the sense that we long for that which often appears unreachable, and all because we have the overwhelming feeling that it is our telos to follow a certain path or direction on account that it was predes...

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To buy or not to buy...
There comes a time in the life of any pilot when they are faced with a serious dilemma, to buy or not to buy, to invest, perchance leaseback? Shakespearean cheekiness aside, this is a question for which there is no right or wrong answer. Each option has pros and cons and can be tailored to suit the ...